PAST SIMPLE VERSUS PRESENT PERFECT AND PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOS

A.- Hi, Suzie. When did you get back from holiday? B.- A few days ago but I already forgot it. There´s been over 300 emails in my inbox.! A.- I Sympathise.! The same thing happened after my break.

A.- Do you know anyone who had bird flu? B.- No, thankfully. What about you? A.- Frank stayed away from school last week as one of the other kids had a bad fever, but it was a false alarm. A.- Yes, so far everyone in the family has been ok.

A.- Has anyone seen my pen? B.- What does it look like? A.- It´silver. I´m sure I leaved it on the table before we went to lunch.

A.- Have you spoken to Kiera today? B.- No I haven´t asked her yet if she wants to come out with us tomorrow.

I worked (PS) as a production manager in the film business for many years, till just a few years ago.

How much did cost the concert (PS) last year.? and How much the cost has gone (PP) up since them.?

I´ve seen (PP) two good films so far this month.

I din´t eat (PS) breakfast this morning and it´s two o clock now.

I´ve always been afraid (PP) of water, but I finally learned (PS) to swim last year. Now I´d like to swim in the sea.

I´ve just got (PP) a video camera; my sister gave (PS) it to me for my birthday. So I´d like to learn how to edit a film.

I love music and I´ve played (PP) the piano for many years now, but there is one instrument I haven´t tried yet (PP): the guitar.

I´ve never bought (PP) anything by internet. I´m paranoid about giving my credit card details.

Cha Sa-soon has wanted to drive for years, and last week she moved a step closer to that dream: she passed the written exam for a driving license on there 950th attempt. "I have been trying to pass this test for over four years" said the sixty-eight-year-old grandmother, "And now I have finally done it". Over the past two years a lot of people have been telling me I´m crazy, but I don´t mind. If you have a dream, you can´t give up. She has became a bit of legend at the testing centre.It has been difficult to see her fails so many times, said the centre director. And we have been hoping that sooner or later she would get through. She´ll be missed, that´s for sure, he added. A day without Cha is like a day without our favorite granny. Mrs Sa-soon has spent over five million Korean won on fees so far. Nos she just need to pass the practical test, and after she has passed that she´ll be given a license.

I´ve never seen snow in my live. I never saw snow until I went to Austria. I couldn´t find a job after university. I haven´t been able to find a job to find a job site university. No one has seen her in the past week. She was last seen a week ago. I´ve been seeing a therapist regularly. I´ve seen a therapist three times now. Many students have been arriving late recently. Many students arrived late the other day. I thought I understood this before now. I´ve understood everything so far.

Is there something you have always wanted (PP) to do but somehow have never managed to? (PP).

Not long ago our company had (PS) a client who wanted (PS) to be a rock star.

I´ve lived (PP) in Austria sive I was born, and everyone in my family has been (PP) to the Alps hiking loads of times. But somehow I´ve never done (PP) a proper hike.

Since I started (PS) this course I´ve improved (PP) my speaking.

One client wanted to fly in space but was´t possible back when she first requested it. (PS)

Since them it has became (PP) possible for ordinary people to go into space.

What other dreams have you made (PP) come true recently?.

We´ve just finished working (PPC)with a client who wants to fly across the Atlantic Ocean on a supersonic aeroplane.

I haven´t been (PP) to the US yet, but I´d like to go.

When I was young , I played (PS) in a band, and lately I´ve have started (PP) again.